Emergency Preparedness

Before an Emergency

Choose Emergency Contacts: Make sure that your school forms indicate anyone you want to be able to pick up your child in an emergency (friends, family, neighbors, etc.). No one, not even a relative or a babysitter, will be allowed to pick-up your child unless they are listed on the student’s white emergency card. Ensure that this person is likely to be local… write down both spouses if you choose a couple

Inform Emergency Contacts: Make sure that you inform these contacts that they are authorized to pick up your child

Special Medical Conditions: If your child has any special medical conditions, get a Medic Alert bracelet for them to wear at ALL times: http://www.medicalert.org

Phone Numbers with Child: Ensure that your child has your family’s emergency numbers in their backpack and if old enough, has memorized 1 or 2 key phone numbers, perhaps including an out-of-town relative

In an Emergency

Volunteering on Campus: If you are on campus, help the teacher get the children onto the blacktop and then report to the Volunteer Table

Information: Tune into on the AM dial on your radio: KGO – 810 AM; KCBS – 740 AM. The 24-hour city emergency number is 984-3034.

Procedure to Pick Up Your Child from School:

Come to school as soon as possible to retrieve your child

Park away from the exits (NOT in the parking lot)

Go to the Student Release Table in front of the school near the flagpole to sign out your child

Emergency Updates: If you are far away and desperately need an update, you can call the district office at 423-2000 (not the main or class room numbers) and if power and access are available, a general update will be recorded on the line

What Not to Do in an Emergency

Do NOT call the main school number or classroom numbers

Do NOT park in the school parking lot, which may block emergency vehicles

Do NOT attempt to retrieve your child without checking him or her out at the Student Release Table

Do NOT go onto the field, blacktop or school campus without authorization

This brief summary is design to be cut out and kept in parent and caregiver’s wallets.

Pomeroy Emergency Procedures

Tune into on your AM dial KGO – 810 AM.

Come to school as soon as possible to retrieve your child

Park away from the exits (not in the parking lot)

Sign your child out at the Student Release Table in front of the school by the flagpole

Do NOT call the school or park in the school parking lot

If desperately required, call the district office at 423-2000, for an update